Big Buffalo Badlands Slot Review

Big Buffalo Badlands Slot RTP, Details & Wager Limits

The Big Buffalo Badlands slot has a 5×6 layout and uses the Scatter Pays mechanic with cascading wins once 8 or more of the same symbol land anywhere on the grid.

You can spin away from just 20p up to £200 per spin, which is a very wide range catering to all bankrolls. To adjust your stake, simply use the + and – buttong below the reels. Autospins and turbo spins are also an option for players outside the UK.

The Big Buffalo Badlands RTP is 96.5%, which is pretty good. It’s above the average for an online slot and typical for a Skywind slot. It’s worth noting here too that volatility is rated as high, so don’t expect big wins too often.

The maximum win is 5,000 x your stake, which isn’t too bad. We’ve seen a lot bigger with some games and we’ve also seen a lot worse, so this sits somewhere in the middle. Your best chance of landing the top prize will come in the Free Games feature as there are numerous Multiplier Wilds on offer and retriggers are possible too.

Theme – join the animals in the desert

The Big Buffalo Badlands slot game takes place in the hot and humid wilderness, with mountains and sand in the background and not much else. The visuals are solid with bright symbols catching your eye immediately and it’s certainly a step up from the original Big Buffalo slot that was released back in 2019.

The soundtrack isn’t too focused on music and more on the sound effects of animals that you might come across in the wild. You can hear all types of sounds from stampedes to birds and even an Australian didgeridoo! There is music once the Free Games feature is triggered, though, which almost sounds tribal. It definitely adds to the overall appeal of the slot.

On the reels, the lower-paying symbols come in the form of different coloured gemstones – green, blue, red and purple. These are joined by some higher-paying wildlife symbols. You’ve got a moose, a wolf, a wild cat, and bald eagle and a buffalo. The buffalo symbol pays the most with it paying up to 40 x your stake for 12-30 in view.

The game’s wild substitutes for all symbols except Scatters, can appear 2/3 height in the Free Games feature and has random multipliers attached to them.

Symbol	Payouts/Info
Green Gemstone	8-9, 10-11 or 12-30 = 0.25, 0.6 or 2.5 x stake
Blue Gemstone	8-9, 10-11 or 12-30 = 0.4, 0.75 or 3.75 x stake
Red Gemstone	8-9, 10-11 or 12-30 = 0.5, 1 or 5 x stake
Purple Gemstone	8-9, 10-11 or 12-30 = 0.75, 1.25 or 7.5 x stake
Moose	8-9, 10-11 or 12-30 = 1, 1.5 or 10 x stake
Wolf	8-9, 10-11 or 12-30 = 1.25, 2 or 12.5 x stake
Wild Cat	8-9, 10-11 or 12-30 = 2, 6 or 15 x stake
Bald Eagle	8-9, 10-11 or 12-30 = 2.5, 11 or 20 x stake
Buffalo	8-9, 10-11 or 12-30 = 7.5, 15 or 40 x stake
Scatter	4+ triggers Free Games + pays up to 100x
Wild	Substitutes for all except Scatter + has random multipliers

Big Buffalo Badlands Mobile

Produced using the latest HTML5 technology, the Big Buffalo Badlands slot game is multi-device. This means you can head to the wilderness on mobile, tablet and desktop devices. The slot is fun to play on smaller devices with its 5×6 layout.

Big Buffalo Badlands Bonus Features

There are a few bonus features here but just 1 main bonus round to enjoy, which is the Free Games feature. Read on to fully understand how all of the features in this Skywind slot work.

Cascading Wins

You will land a winner if you get 8 or more of the same symbol anywhere on the 5×6 grid. Each cascading win will be on show to the left of the reels too. During the Free Games feature, the number of cascading wins in a row is displayed in the cascade win box above the reels.

Wilds with Random Multipliers

All Wilds in the Big Buffalo Badlands slot game have a random multiplier, and all cascading wins are multiplied by the value of any Wilds landing on the reels.

If more than 1 Wild lands in view, they will be multiplied together and the total multiplier amount is then applied to all cascading wins once they have stopped. You can see what the total multiplier is as it’s displayed in the Multiplier Box next to the reels. Here’s a breakdown of the possible multipliers:

• Base Game – 1x, 2x, 3x or 5x
• Free Games feature – 2x, 3x, 5x, 7x, 9x, 12x or 15x

Free Games feature

4 or more Scatters will trigger this Free Games feature. There’s nothing unique about it which makes it very easy to understand as it’s much like many other free spins bonus rounds.

Here’s how many free games you could get initially depending on how many Scatters land in view:

Buy In feature

These next two features are not available in the UK, but are appealing to players in other territories. The Buy In feature is essentially a single payment that guarantees the trigger of the Free Games feature. It will cost you 100 x your stake and you will randomly get 12, 15 or 18 free games.

Double Chance feature

This feature doubles your chances of landing the Free Games feature for an additional cost, which will be your current bet plus 5 additional coins. You can see the coin value above your total bet value which is visible below the reels.

For example, a £1 bet will actually cost you £1.25 if you want to turn on the Double Chance feature. This is only available in the base game and cannot be turned off while the reels are spinning.

Big Buffalo Badlands Review Summary – Will you find a canyon full of cash?

The Big Buffalo Badlands slot is pretty easy to understand and plays well on large screens as well as smaller mobile devices. There’s nothing revolutionary about it but the visuals are good, the soundtrack is nice enough, and the Free Games feature is appealing with its Wild multipliers and retrigger possibilities.

It’s nice to see another Skywind slot with an RTP well above average, but we would have liked to see the 5,000 x stake max win a little higher as there is some tough competition out there. Another bonus feature would have been good too but it’s a pretty good slot nonetheless and we’re sure it will appeal to many.

Looking for more bang for your buck? Buffalo Blitz Megaways from Playtech has up to 117,649 paylines and a huge jackpot prize that’s always in the hundreds of thousands of pounds. Another to consider is Pragmatic Play’s Buffalo King slot, which comes with a massive max win potential of 93,750 x your stake.